I haven't given up or run off just because of the weight gain last week. Just got busy with real life and haven't been on the computer much the past two weeks.
The good news - my Monday weigh in showed I had dropped the 8 pounds plus 2!!!! I am down to 350 WOOHOO. So I was probably right it was just bloat from too much sodium or just one of those anomalies that happen when you are dieting. There are good weeks and bad weeks.
I remember when I attended TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) I almost always showed a loss but I wasn't a good dieter. We had our weigh ins on Tues nights. I didn't really learn to control my eating habits back then which is why I am in bigger trouble now. I ate what I wanted most of the time just cutting back on a few things. Monday and Tuesday I practically starved myself. My son was between 8 and 10 at the time and I took him with me. There were lots of other kids and we met at a church where we turned the kids into a fenced playground.
After the weigh in it was treat time. Either Granny's Fried Chicken (my favorite) or Pizza Inn (his fav). We alternated each week but at both it was the buffet and we ate like hogs at a trough. Granny's had banana pudding and dumplings. Pizza Hut had every kind of pizza plus lasagna, spaghetti and more pastas, pastas, pastas. We would come rolling out stuffed and I would avoid the scales until Sat or Sun when I would go into panic mode and start starving myself again.
Not these days. I am working hard to evaluate and understand what I eat each and every day. What are my favorite foods and how can I make them lower in fat, salt and calories and still like the taste of them? This is a difficult mission but if I don't assess these things and make the changes I will never get rid of this weight or I will continue to yoyo until the day I die. Which I predict will be a lot sooner if I don't get this under control.
Tues was my shopping day. I spent a lot of time reassessing last month's meals and tweaking the diet. I will talk more about that next time - hopefully tomorrow:)
Happy dieting,
Linda B in TN @ 350:)
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